Package-tie.



C. M. LANCASTER.

PAUKAGE TIE. APPLIoATxo FILED 0012s. 1907.

Patented Oct. 2'?, 1908.

'a part ot' this specification, and

CHARLES M. LANCASTER, 0F TRVERSE CITY, MICHIGN.

PACKAGE-TIE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Application led October 9, 1907. Seria1 No. 396,648.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknowu that I, CHARLES M. LANCAS- TER. a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Traverse City, in the county of Grrand Traverse andState of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Package-Tight whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to package ties. and more particularlyto that class designed for use by the Post Otlice Department in itsrailway mail service for holding various kinds of mail matter securelyasscmbled.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of this characterwhich shall be simple and durable of construction, easy to manipulate.iuv the use of. which. thev hinder shall be so secured around a paci," cof mail matter or the like that its accif. ital. huiseliing or untyingwill he practically impossible and in which cutting' oi the hinder Willpositively be prevented.

lVith the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood. the saine co sts in the novelronstriution and combinar" ai" parts, ot a "mail package tie. as will w.zarelinater t'uily described and claim.. l

ln the accompanying dra 35s. forming `which like eharmters of referenceindicate"- rrespondingl pa1'ts:--l*`iguie lis a view in plan, partly insection, showing the manner in which the tie is assembled with a packageof mail matter or the like. Fig. 2 is a View in vertical longitudinalsection through the tic. Fig. is a top plan View. Fig. 4 is a Viewsimilar to Fig. 2 displayingr the manner in which the binder is disposedwhen the device is secured around the bundle.

Thetie comprises a pair of dished or concaved disks 1 and 2 that areconnected at their centers by a buidel-receiving eyelet 3, the ends ofwhich are upset against the outer faces of the two disks, in anypreferred manner. These disks Will be made of sheet metal, of anypreferred character, preteralily one that is non-oxidizable, and

for general purposes of utility sheet tin may be employed.

The binder 4- may be of cord of any preferred character and is heldWithin the eyelet by having its ends knotted. The walls of the eyeletwill. by preference, be rounded. so that there Vwill be no danger of thecord being cut thereby.

As will be noted by reference to Fig. 4. the orifices in the disksthrough which the eyelet projects are of somewhat greater diameter thanthe eyelet, and further, that there is a suitable space between theopposed faces of the disks. The object of the first arrangement is topermit the disks to rock upon and slide longitudinally ot the eyelet,thus to adjust themselves to the binder, and that of the secondarrangement is to provide sufficient space between the disks to allowthe use ot a relatively heavy cord as a bindeiI It Wiii ne seen that byemploying the tryo disks. that a continuous locking crotch is providedtor the binder7 so that in positioning the latter around the package ofmail matter, no care need be observed Where it is inserted within thecrotch, for the reason that all parts of the latter are equallyeffective for engaging and locking the cord, and. furthermore, the cordmaybe drawn outward at any angle desired, thus to facilitate the tyingof different shaped mail packa es.

gln the use of the tie,`the package of letters is grasped in the lefthand with the address side down, and the plate or lock is placed uponIthe back of the package with the binder beneath the same, The operatorthen passes the binder around and lengthwise of the package to the Abackthereof, then pinches it in the crotch, then passes the cordtransversely around the package to the back, the thumb being stillpressed upon the lock, and then again forced into the crotch by which itis securely locked. The binder is removed simply by releasing it from'en-4 gagement with the lock.

It Will be seen from the yforegoing descripeach other,

tion that although the improvements herein defined are simple incharacter, that they will coperate in the production of a thoroughlyetcient device, and one that will be rehable for the purposes had inView.

I claim A package tie, comprising a pair of concave disks with theirconvex Sides opposite and an eyelet connecting said disks, and on whichthey are spaced apart, 10 and slidably mounted, and adapted to rock. Intestimony that I .claim the fore oing as my own, I have hereto aixed mys1gnature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. LANCASTER. Witnesses:

EDNA A. THACKER, JOHN PORST.

